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This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Boeing Aviation Hangar
Object Details
Date 1944 Country of Origin United States of America Type AVIONICS-Radar/Electronic Warfare Physical Description Prism-shaped packet of thin strips of aluminum foil, wrapped in thin brown cardboard, then tan paper as outermost layer. Inner edge of tan paper adhered to cardboard, like a streamer. Wrapping otherwise not secured, only folded into position. DO NOT UNWRAP. KEEP LEVEL or chaff will spill out. Originally part of A20050470000, seperated for display 11/2017. Dimensions 3-D (each, typical): 30.5 × 8 × 3.6cm, 0.1kg (1 ft. × 3 1/8 in. × 1 7/16 in., 0.3lb.)
 Materials Paper
Aluminum
Adhesive
 Inventory Number A20050470001 Credit Line Gift of Dr. Fred Whipple Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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